To advance innovation in China’s cell therapy and immunotherapy landscape, deepen discussion on key scientific questions, share the latest clinical research progress, and promote global collaboration and clinical translation within the field, the 2025 International Cell and Immunotherapy Congress (CTI 2025) was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, from November 13 to 16, 2025. The congress was jointly organized by Zhejiang University, the International Academy for Clinical Hematology (IACH), the Zhejiang Society for Immunology, and the Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association, and jointly hosted by the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and the Liangzhu Laboratory.